- Phytolacca Radix Poisoning due to Misidentification as an Arrowroot
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Woo-Je Jin, Youngho Jin, Tae-O Jeong, Jae- Baek Lee
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2004;2(1):27-30. Published online June 30, 2004
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- Phytolaccaceae had been used as a pharmaceutical drugs or food in Korea. Nowadays, it is rarely used due to its toxicity, and then, case reports as to poisoning also are rare. Recently, Authors experienced a case of an occurrence in a group intoxication after ingestion of roots of phytolacca american a misidentifying as arrowroot. We report this case with review of phytolacca radix poisoning.
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KSCT
Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology